Librarian by Day Bobbi Newman | I'm not that kind of librarian

Now start acting like it. I spent much of the last two weeks dealing with the issue of libraries and digital literacy. There were a great many meetings and conversations and discussions. Too many to blog and some off the record. I also spent most of the last week at the Annual ALA conference in Anaheim attending a variety of meetings. In the end my take away from all this comes down to one simple thing - Libraries are Powerful Partners. Now start acting like it. Powerful partners: contribute share bring something to the table show up at the party even when they aren't the belle Read more [...]

This morning at 12:01 am Pew released their new report on the role of libraries in the digital age – title Libraries, patrons and ebooks. You can read the full report here and I encourage you to do so, there is a great deal of good data there. I've pulled out some data that I think falls under the good, the bad, the ugly and the just plain interesting sections. The good: Almost 70% of people believe that their local library is important to them 58% of adults are library card holders. 12% of Americans ages 16 and older who read e-books say they have borrowed an e-book from a library Read more [...]

Shame on Penguin for this pitiful attempt at re-establishing a relationship. Reminds me of a bad boyfriend I had once – he’d be a jerk, disappear then show up again in a day or two saying he wanted to make it work, that he cared about me but he wanted to take it slow and maybe see other people too.  Let’s learn faster than I did that this is a BAD relationship. Seriously. Remember when they left? Citing problems with "friction"  (they actually considered making patrons physically visit the library to download ebooks) and Amazon? Now they are back - they want to work with us. Read more [...]

This morning Salem Press announced the winners of their 2012 Blog Awards. When I saw the announcement for nominees a couple of weeks ago I was honored and humbled to be included along side this year’s fellow nominees for public library blogs which included - RA for All, David Lee King, Richard Kong, and Agnostic, Maybe. Because of such fine company I was surprised to see this morning’s announcement for the public library category: Public Library Blog Winner Librarian by Day Public Library Blog Honorable Mention David Lee King Two well-cultivated blogs rose to the top in the Read more [...]

I can't stop thinking about this video since I saw it yesterday. Especially the quote I used for the title of this post. "Information is powerful, but it is how we use it that will define us" Look past the fact that it is from Google and look at the power of information. Take note that this includes the internet but also a physical bulletin board. You can see more videos like this at Google Search Stories Since I'm sharing vidoes, not something I do often here these days watch this one from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation on Libraries and the digital divide Read more [...]